Banks Strait

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• Banks Strait — /bænks ˈstreɪt/ (say banks strayt) noun a narrow passage of water between north eastern Tasmania and Clarke Island. About 21 km wide. {named after Sir Joseph Banks} …  

• Banks Island (British Columbia) — Banks Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, on Hecate Strait directly east of the Queen Charlotte Islands. To the east of Banks Island is Pitt Island and McCauley… …   Wikipedia

• Banks Island — Infobox Islands name = Banks image caption = These Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Images from June 14 and 16, 2002, show Banks Island (upper left) and Victoria Island (to the southeast) image size = locator map custom = no native… …   Wikipedia

• Bass Strait — /bas/ a strait between Australia and Tasmania. 80 150 mi. (130 240 km) wide. * * * Strait separating Australia from Tasmania. It is 150 mi (240 km) wide at its widest point and 185 mi (298 km) long. It was named in 1798 for the British surgeon… …   Universalium

• M'Clure Strait — ▪ strait, Arctic Ocean       eastern arm of the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is about 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide. In western Franklin District, Northwest Territories, Canada, it extends west of Viscount Melville… …   Universalium

• Menai Strait — The Menai Strait (Welsh: Afon Menai, the River Menai ) is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 25 km (16 mi)[1] long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. The strait is bridged in two places the… …   Wikipedia

• Prince of Wales Strait — Verbindet Gewässer Amundsen Gulf mit Gewässer Viscount Melville Sund Trennt Landmasse Victoria Island von Landmasse Banks Island …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Juan de Fuca Strait — [wän də fo͞ok′ə, wän΄dəfyo͞ok′ə] 〚after Juan de Fuca, a sailor, who reputedly discovered it for Spain (1592)〛 strait between Vancouver Island and NW Wash.: c. 100 mi (161 km) long: also called Strait of Juan de Fuca * * * Strait, North Pacific… …   Universalium

• Torres Strait Islands — The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia s Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They are part of Queensland, a… …   Wikipedia

• McClure Strait — Verbindet Gewässer Viscount Melville Sund mit Gewässer Beaufortsee Trennt Landmasse Königin Elisabeth Inseln von Landmasse Banks Island …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Bass Strait — (IPAEng|bæs) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). Discovery and explorationThe first European to discover Bass Strait was George Bass in 1797. Governor Hunter subsequently named… …   Wikipedia